'Appearances are often deceptive'. Comment on the statement in the light of your reading of the story 'The Hack Driver'.
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Oliver Lutkins was indeed good at making up convincing stories and using his presence of mind to deceive others in believing every lie that he told them. As soon as Lutkins came to know that a Lawyer has arrived in town and had been making enquiries about him, he met the Lawyer himself while portraying himself as a hack Driver. He also told the Lawyer that Lutkins owed him some money over a game of Poker and therefore managed to display a harmless and genuine image. To the lawyer, the hack driver seemed to be a simple country man ready to help. He took him to many places like Beincke’s, Gustaff’s barber shop, Grey’s barber shop, poolroom and his mother’s farmyard, in search of Lutkins. At every place they went, people told the lawyer that he just missed Lutkins by merely five minutes. Thus Lutkins, very cleverly, fooled the lawyer.
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The answer can be written as:-
- Appearances are often deceptive and we should not judge a book by its cover.
- In this story, the Lawyer went to look for Oliver Lutkins to serve him notice. He met a Hack driver who promised to help him find Lutkins this Hack driver was Oliver Lutkins himself and he deceived the lawyer and made him spend a lot of money on his services.
- It was the fault of the lawyer to have trusted the Hack driver blindly and believed him for his word.
- Hence we should not trust people blindly and should scrutinize the details before making any judgements.